Anchor 1 - Basic Biological Principles

Tough, rigid structure that protects and supports a plant cell.

• Cytoplasm

• Cell wall

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

Semi-permeable, fluid-like structure that surrounds plant and animal cells.

• Cytoplasm

• Vacuole

• Cell membrane

• Centriole

Houses hereditary information in eukaryotic cells.

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Vacuole

• Golgi apparatus

Structure that can be embedded in endoplasmic reticulum or float freely in the cytoplasm and functions in making proteins.

• Nucleus

• Centriole

• Ribosome

• Lysosome

Structure that contains digestive enzymes and breaks down cell parts, food, or other objects that enter the cell.

• Centriole

• Lysosome

• Ribosome

• Golgi apparatus

Structure that stores food, water, and sometimes waste and enzymes and is enlarged in plant cells.

• Vacuole

• Centriole

• Lysosome

• Nucleus

Structure that is the site of cellular respiration, which is the break down of glucose into ATP energy.

• Vacuole

• Lysosome

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Mitochondrion

Green structure found in photosynthetic organisms that is used to convert sunlight energy into glucose.

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

• Golgi apparatus

Structure found within the nucleus that functions to make ribosomes.

• Nucleolus

• Cell membrane

• Lysosome

• Chloroplast

Structures that make spindles during cell division which function to pull chromosomes to either pole

• Centrioles

• Lysosomes

• Ribosomes

• Mitochondria